"We're in the process of establishing a new planning scheme, not only for the Southern Midlands, but for all councils in Tasmania, and this has given us the opportunity to seek a special zone to accommodate the establishment of the Buddhist cultural park," says Mayor of the Southern Midlands Council, Tony Bisdee.

Craig Williams is a farmer in Tea Tree, with land next to the proposed development area, and he's concerned about the special rezoning to allow the development.

"We as country people have to live by the farming zone, can't do developments, can't do this, can't do that, and all of a sudden someone wants to wave possible money, there's no guarantee of this money...council's all excited about this because someone's flagged a hundred million dollars, so there's fees and charges council wants to profit from," says Mr Williams.

Mr Williams says the development will over shadow his property and that the proposed gates of the development will be able to be seen from all areas of Tea Tree.

Mayor Bisdee and Mr Williams spoke with Ryk Goddard on 936 Breakfast to put their side of the argument regarding the development. You can listen to the full interviews in the audio attached.